Crossing

Quick meaning: Crossing is a noun meaning Cross-breeding.

Meaning

Cross-breeding.

More Meanings

1. Opposition; thwarting.
2. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
3. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
4. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
5. A voyage across a body of water.
6. Movement into a crossed position.
7. (architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.

Example Sentences

Please, cross at the crossing.

The lynchpin of the work was replacement of the flat crossing at Newark, where the ECML crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, with this work taking place across the three days of the bank holiday weekend.

For example, experts in kinesics — body language — recognize that a person sends out hundreds of nonverbal signals — eyebrow twitches, frowns, leg crossings and uncrossings — every second while he or she is speaking and listening.

Word Forms

• crossings

Synonyms for crossing

Depending on context, synonyms include cross, intersection, transversal, ford, transverse, crossroad.

Antonyms for crossing

Common opposites include hastily, hurriedly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intersection, crossroad, crosswalk, crossway, ford, crosswise.

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